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1 online resource (xxiii, 604 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity,
0169-8958 ;
v. 347
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ;
. 347.
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 347.
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
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| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 3, 2012). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
By focusing on religion, this monograph represents the first extended attempt to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent. |
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Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Abbreviations; General; Bibliography; List of Tables, Charts and Figures; Tables; Charts; Figures; Chronological Table; Map of Cyprus; Introduction; From Basileis to Strategos: 'Minding the Gap'; Chapter One. 'Setting the Scene': Historical Narratives, Theoretical Considerations and a Methodology for Interpretation; 1.1. From Basileis to Strategos: Telling the Story; 1.2. Continuities and Interruptions: Towards an Archaeology of Religion; 1.3. History of Research, Methodological Problems and Limitations. |
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1.4. From a Cypriot to a Pan-Hellenistic Context and Back: Hellenistic 'Hellenisations' and Cultural Koine1.5. From Cypriot to Hellenistic Koine; 1.6. Social Power and the Archaeology of Religion; 1.7. Methodology; Chapter Two. Sacred Landscapes; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Theoretical Background to the Study of Sacred Landscapes; 2.3. Survey Analysis and Its Implications for the Study of Cypriot Sacred Landscapes; 2.4. Cypriot Sacred Landscapes of the Transition; 2.4.1. The Sacred Landscapes of the Cypriot City-Kingdoms; Cypro-Classical Landscapes in Transition. |
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Sanctuaries and Territorial ClaimsRegional Styles and Their Implications on Sacred Landscapes; Case Studies; Resume of the City-Kingdom Sacred Landscapes; 2.4.2. The Hellenistic Sacred Landscapes; Hellenistic Urbanisation and Settlement Archaeology; Back to the Sacred Space: Social Memories and the Construction of Hellenistic Identities; The Cases of Kafizin and Geronisos: Windows to Ptolemaic Ideologies?; Towards a More Unified Space: The Voice of Epigraphy and Religious Iconography; Resume of the Hellenistic Sacred Landscapes. |
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2.5. Concluding Remarks on the Cypriot Sacred Landscapes of the TransitionChapter Three. Case Studies: Change and Variation; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Soloi; 3.2.1. History of Research and Topography; 3.2.2. The Temples at Cholades; 3.2.3. 'Revisiting' Soloi-Cholades: 'Syncretism' of Cults, Power and Ideology; Identification of Cults; Ptolemaic Power and Ideology; Further Discussion; 3.3. Amathous; 3.3.1. History of Research and Topography; 3.3.2. The 'Palace' and Its Sanctuaries; The 'Propylon' Sanctuary; The 'Kouros' Sanctuary; The 'Baetyl' Sanctuary; 3.3.3. The Sanctuary of Aphrodite. |
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The City-Kingdom PeriodThe Hellenistic Period; 3.3.4. The 'Subterranean Cult Place'; 3.3.5. 'Syncretism' of Cults, Power and Ideology; 'Reading' Terracotta Figurines; From 'Astarte'/'Hathor' to Aphrodite/Isis? Royalty and Ideology; 3.4. Concluding Remarks on Soloi and Amathous Studies; Chapter Four. Cypriot 'Portraits'; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Ptolemaic Cult; 4.3. 'Portraiture' and Hellenistic Royal Sculptures; 4.4. Hellenistic 'Portraits' in a Cypriot Context; 4.4.1. History of Scholarship; 4.4.2. A Typological-Stylistic Approach. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- Cyprus.
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Religion and politics. |
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Cyprus. |
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Religion and sociology -- Cyprus.
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Religion and sociology. |
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Archaeology and religion -- Cyprus.
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Archaeology and religion. |
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Sacred space -- Cyprus.
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Sacred space. |
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Cyprus -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Cyprus -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
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Mediterranean Region -- Civilization -- Greek influences.
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Iron age -- Cyprus.
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Iron age. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789004224353 |
| ISBN |
9789004233805 (electronic book) |
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9004233806 (electronic book) |
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9789004224353 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004224351 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
